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Inventories - Additional Information (Detail) (Seamap Pte Ltd [Member], ION Geophysical Corporation [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended
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May 31, 2014 Product_Lines
Inventory [Line Items] |
Business acquisition, fair value consideration | $ 15.6 mind_BusinessAcquisitionFairValueConsideration
Number of product lines | 2 mind_NumberOfProductLines
Inventory [Member] |
Inventory [Line Items] |
Business acquisition, fair value consideration | $ 3.6 mind_BusinessAcquisitionFairValueConsideration / us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis = mind_InventoryMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = mind_SeamapPteLtdMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mind_IonGeophysicalCorporationMember

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