Impairment of Field Equipment - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Impaired Long Lived Assets Held And Used [Line Items]
Impairment of field equipment	$ 6,412
First Generation Optune System Field Equipment \| Cost of Revenues
Impaired Long Lived Assets Held And Used [Line Items]
Impairment of field equipment	6,412
Advances for materials purchased and liabilities incurred to vendors	$ 1,582

Nonrecurring impairment charges related to the write-off of production-related equipment and inventory. This tag is used when an Entity charges this cost to cost of goods sold.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration