Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited) - 9 months ended Sep. 30, 2017 - USD ($)		Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Preferred Stock [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Total
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016		10,345,637
Balance at Dec. 31, 2016		$ 10,346	$ 69,363,575	$ (60,189,237)			$ 9,184,684
Sale of Series A convertible preferred stock and common stock warrants (in shares)		88,436			12,376,329
Common stock issued for advisory services (in shares)		17,606
Common stock issued for advisory services		$ 18	49,982				50,000
Series A cumulative preferred dividend			(912,946)			$ (912,946)	(912,946)
Reclassification of accrued dividends upon conversion of Series A		$ 88	187,084			$ 200,000	187,172
Conversion of Series A convertible preferred stock to common stock (in shares)		4,052,297			(4,052,297)	88,436
Conversion of Series A convertible preferred stock to common stock		$ 4,052	(4,052)
Beneficial conversion feature for accrued interest of convertible debt			28,017				28,017
Stock-based compensation expense			973,950				973,950
Net loss				(3,154,181)			(3,154,181)
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2017		14,503,976			8,324,032
Balance at Sep. 30, 2017		$ 14,504	69,686,744	(63,344,552)			$ 6,356,696
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle(a)	[1]		$ 1,134	$ (1,134)

[1] In 2017, the Company adopted provisions of ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share Based Payment Accounting, resulting in a cumulative effect adjustment to Accumulated Deficit and Additional Paid-in Capital for previously unrecognized stock-based compensation expense. See Note 3 for further discussion of the impacts of this standard.