STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN AND WARRANTS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Number of shares [Roll Forward]
Cashless exercise of options shares (in shares)		160,000
Weighted average exercise price [Roll Forward]
Stock based compensation expense	$ 251,159	$ 676,932
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	0	10,100
Exercised cashless stock options, Shares (in shares)		79,825
Stock Options [Member]
Number of shares [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)	9,583,762	7,728,877	7,728,877
Granted (in shares)	1,844,300	1,986,535	2,176,535
Exercised (in shares)	0		(293,650)
Expired and Cancelled (in shares)	(80,000)		(28,000)
Outstanding at end of period (in shares)	11,348,062		9,583,762
Exercisable at the end of the period (in shares)	9,964,837		9,536,262
Value of granted options	916,225	2,079,484
Weighted average exercise price [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at the beginning of period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.16	$ 1.01	$ 1.01
Granted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.56		$ 1.67
Exercised (in dollars per share)	$ 0		$ 0.98
Expired and Cancelled (in dollars per share)	$ 1.02		$ 2.18
Outstanding at end of period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.06		$ 1.16
Exercisable at end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.14		$ 1.17
Unrecognized compensation cost on non-vested share-based compensation	687,168
Exercised cashless stock options, Shares (in shares)		79,825
Stock option fair value assumptions [Abstract]
Weighted average fair value per option granted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.4968
Risk free interest rate (in hundredths)	1.75%
Expected dividend yield (in hundredths)	0.00%
Expected lives	2 years 8 months 8 days
Expected volatility (in hundredths)	98.91%
Stock Options [Member] | Former And Current Employee [Member]
Number of shares [Roll Forward]
Exercised (in shares)		10,000
Weighted average exercise price [Roll Forward]
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		$ 10,100