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Loss Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Loss Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Potentially Dilutive Securities Excluded from Calculation of Loss Per Share | At December 31, 2016 and 2015 the Company excluded the following potentially dilutive securities:
| December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Stock Options | 953,690 |  |  | 666,327 |
Warrants | 388,062 |  |  | 321,403 |
Restricted Shares | 126,849 |  |  | 20,278 |

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