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Stockholders' Equity (Details 2)

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Stockholders' Equity (Details 2) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Nov. 02, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	Aug. 13, 2015	Aug. 05, 2015	Sep. 08, 2014	Dec. 31, 2017	Apr. 11, 2017	Apr. 03, 2017	Mar. 20, 2017	Mar. 17, 2017	Feb. 16, 2017	Feb. 13, 2017	Jun. 07, 2016
Exercise price (in dollars per share)						$ 8.45
Consulting Warrants [Member]
Fair market value of shares	$ 4.89	$ 5.00			$ 1.64
Exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 6.00	$ 6.00			$ 0.0034375						$ 6.00
Term (years)	1 year	2 years 9 months			3 years
Volatility	80.00%	80.00%			80.00%
Annual rate of dividends	0.00%	0.00%			0.00%
Discount rate	1.26%	1.26%			1.02%
Call option value	$ 1.21	$ 2.28			$ 1.49
Warrant shares issued	30,000	12,500			436,364
Warrants fair value	$ 36	$ 28			$ 714
Warrants [Member]
Exercise price (in dollars per share)							$ 6.00	$ 0.0034375	$ 3.00	$ 6.00		$ 3.00	$ 6.00
Warrants [Member] \| August 2015 Public Offerings [Member]
Fair market value of shares				$ 5.00
Exercise price (in dollars per share)				$ 6.00
Term (years)				5 years
Volatility				80.00%
Annual rate of dividends				0.00%
Discount rate				1.64%
Call option value				$ 3.05
Warrant shares issued				660,000
Warrants fair value				$ 2,014
Warrants [Member] \| Over-Allotment Option [Member]
Fair market value of shares			$ 5.36
Exercise price (in dollars per share)			$ 6.00
Term (years)			5 years
Volatility			80.00%
Annual rate of dividends			0.00%
Discount rate			1.57%
Call option value			$ 3.34
Warrant shares issued			64,193
Warrants fair value			$ 214

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