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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term				9 years 4 months 24 days
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense				$ 110,000	$ 90,000
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross			81,337	40,668
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross		344,723		343,456
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross				66,667
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period				51,547
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value				$ 19,000
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Option, Cost Not yet Recognized, Amount				$ 400,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition				1 year 2 months 12 days
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value				$ 37,000
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Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense				$ 95,000	8,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Option, Cost Not yet Recognized, Amount				$ 500,000
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Plan Modification, Description and Terms				The analysis required a Monte Carlo simulation due to the performance vesting schedule. These performance-based shares only vest in the event that the future stock price increases above the closing price of June 18, 2021 of 2.37 per share. A total of 50% of the performance-based shares will vest if the closing price of the Company’s stock on June 18, 2022, exceeds $2.37 per share, and 50% of the options will vest if the closing price of the Company’s stock on June 18, 2023, exceeds the closing price on June 18, 2022
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights				The vesting of the performance-based shares is contingent upon the future closing share price on June 18, 2022, and June 18, 2023.
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period				2 years
2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized								1,332,036
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Two Thousand And Eighteen Inducement Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance				11,487			25,000