Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Board of Directors

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Cash

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Common Stock

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Forfeited

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Net

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Weighted average price at which option holders acquired shares when converting their stock options into shares.

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Number of share options (or share units) exercised during the current period.

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Share-Based Compensation - Stock Option Activity - Textual (Details)					12 Months Ended
	Jun. 28, 2019 $ / shares shares	Jun. 25, 2019 board_of_director $ / shares shares	Mar. 07, 2019 $ / shares shares	Jan. 02, 2019 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2018 $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)					1,089,000	1,120,500
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share) \| $ / shares					$ 2.26	$ 1.44
Number of board of directors \| board_of_director		3
Exercise of stock options (in shares)					781,500	30,000
Price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares					$ 1.60	$ 0.15
Exercise of stock options, net (in shares)					440,000
Exercise of stock options, common stock (in shares)					304,171
Exercise of stock options, forfeited (in shares)					135,829
Exercise of stock options, cash (in shares)					341,500
Executives and Key Personnel
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share) \| $ / shares				$ 1.87
Award requisite service period				1 year
Board of Directors
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)				300,000
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share) \| $ / shares		$ 5.83		$ 1.87
Award requisite service period		1 year
Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)				24,000
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share) \| $ / shares				$ 1.87
Contractor
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share) \| $ / shares			$ 3	$ 1.87
Award requisite service period			1 year	1 year
Chief Financial Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 6.26
Stock Option \| Executives and Key Personnel
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)				600,000
Stock Option \| Board of Directors
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for grant (in shares)		75,000
Stock Option \| Board of Directors \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of options that will vest				25.00%
Stock Option \| Board of Directors \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two through Five
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Sign on, vesting period				4 years
Percentage of options that will vest				75.00%
Stock Option \| Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Sign on, vesting period				4 years
Stock Option \| Contractor
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for grant (in shares)			15,000	50,000
Stock Option \| Chief Financial Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for grant (in shares)	25,000