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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Feb. 28, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Oct. 31, 2013
Organization Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Liquid investment maturity period Three months or less      
Reserve for obsolete inventory $ 1,409,000us-gaap_InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves   $ 325,000us-gaap_InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves  
Number of segments operated by the company 1us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments      
Associated revenue over the related service period Generally expected to be two years      
Deferred financing costs 821,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet   0us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet  
Uncertain tax positions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits      
Tax benefits to be recognized on likelihood of being realized upon ultimate resolution Greater than fifty percent      
Open tax year subject to examination 2009      
Comprehensive income (loss) 0us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax      
Warrants issued to purchase common stock       685,715mela_AggregateConsiderationReceivableForWarrantsToBeIssued
Inventory Valuation Reserves 539,000us-gaap_InventoryValuationReserves      
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding 13,078,920us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding 1,329,731us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding    
Maximum [Member]        
Organization Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Estimated useful lives of related assets 5 years      
Minimum [Member]        
Organization Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Estimated useful lives of related assets 3 years      
Mela Find Systems [Member]        
Organization Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Property and equipment, capitalization cost 0mela_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentCapitalizedCosts
/ us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis
= mela_MelaFindSystemsMember
  5,188,000mela_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentCapitalizedCosts
/ us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis
= mela_MelaFindSystemsMember
 
Obsolete Inventory [Member]        
Organization Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Reserve for obsolete inventory 870us-gaap_InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves
/ us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis
= mela_ObsoleteInventoryMember
     
Inventory Valuation Reserves $ 870,000us-gaap_InventoryValuationReserves
/ us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis
= mela_ObsoleteInventoryMember
  $ 325,000us-gaap_InventoryValuationReserves
/ us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis
= mela_ObsoleteInventoryMember