STOCK OPTION PLAN AND WARRANTS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Stock options [Roll Forward]
Exercised (in shares)	(12,100)		0
Additional Disclosures [Abstract]
Stock based compensation expense		$ 1,032,267	$ 1,869,207
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Options Outstanding (in shares)	7,757,377	7,757,377
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life		3 years 6 months
Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 0.99	$ 0.99
Options Exercisable (in shares)	6,999,953	6,999,953
Warrants [Roll Forward]
Exercised (in shares)	(390,923)		(56,489)
Cashless (in shares)	(111,002)		0
Warrants weighted average exercise price [Roll Forward]
Proceeds from exercise of warrants	163,820	163,820	0
Warrants [Member]
Warrants [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)		23,736,108	18,779,753	18,779,753
Granted (in shares)		650,000		5,130,046
Exercised (in shares)		(390,923)		(56,489)
Cashless (in shares)		(206,511)		0
Expired and Cancelled (in shares)		(183,893)		(117,202)
Outstanding, end of period (in shares)	23,604,781	23,604,781		23,736,108
Exercisable at end of period	23,604,781	23,604,781		23,736,108
Warrants weighted average exercise price [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at beginning of period (in dollars per share)		$ 1.55	$ 1.59	$ 1.59
Granted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.83		$ 1.66
Exercised (in dollars per share)		$ 0.42		$ 0.06
Cashless Exercises (in dollars per share)		$ 0.86
Expired and Cancelled (in dollars per share)		$ 14.73		$ 13.72
Outstanding, end of period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.45	$ 1.45		$ 1.55
Exercisable at end of period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.45	$ 1.45		$ 1.55
Proceeds from exercise of warrants		163,820
Shares issued on exercise of warrants		111,002
$0.01 - $1.50 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Range of Exercise Prices lower (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01
Range of Exercise Prices upper (in dollars per share)		$ 1.50
Options Outstanding (in shares)	7,547,377	7,547,377
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life		3 years 3 months 18 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 1.17	$ 1.17
Options Exercisable (in shares)	6,789,953	6,789,953
$1.51 to $3.00 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Range of Exercise Prices lower (in dollars per share)		$ 1.51
Range of Exercise Prices upper (in dollars per share)		$ 3.00
Options Outstanding (in shares)	210,000	210,000
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life		2 years 4 months 24 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 1.49	$ 1.49
Options Exercisable (in shares)	210,000	210,000
Stock Options [Member]
Stock options [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)		5,645,202	3,484,833	3,484,833
Granted (in shares)		2,196,775	2,058,702	2,298,702
Exercised (in shares)		(44,600)		0
Expired and Cancelled (in shares)		(40,000)		(138,333)
Outstanding at end of period (in shares)	7,757,377	7,757,377		5,645,202
Weighted average exercise price [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at the beginning of period (in dollars per share)		$ 1.10	$ 0.66	$ 0.66
Granted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.66		$ 1.21
Exercised (in dollars per share)		$ 1.19		$ 0
Expired and Cancelled (in dollars per share)		$ 0.86		$ 2.18
Outstanding at end of period (in dollars per share)	$ 0.98	$ 0.98		$ 1.10
Additional Disclosures [Abstract]
Exercisable at the end of the period (in shares)	6,999,953	6,999,953		5,317,003
Exercisable, weighted average exercise price at end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.02	$ 1.02		$ 1.13
Stock based compensation expense	572,295	1,032,267
Unrecognized compensation cost	509,212	509,212
Unrecognized compensation cost, expected current fiscal period	212,527	212,527
The total fair value of options vested			$ 1,869,207
Stock option fair value assumptions [Abstract]
Weighted average fair value per option granted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.38
Risk free interest rate minimum (in hundredths)		0.34%
Risk free interest rate maximum (in hundredths)		0.42%
Expected dividend yield (in hundredths)		0.00%
Expected lives		2 years 7 months 6 days
Expected volatility rate minimum (in hundredths)		98.00%
Expected volatility rate maximum (in hundredths)		103.00%
Number of shares reserved for issuance (in shares)	20,000,000	20,000,000
Shares available for issuance under the plan (in shares)	6,922,567	6,922,567
Shares available for issuance under the plan for other than directors (in shares)	7,757,377	7,757,377
Shares available for issuance under the plan for directors (in shares)	501,800	501,800
Stock options exercised for directors shares (in shares)		4,818,256