STOCK OPTION PLAN AND WARRANTS, STOCK OPTIONS (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Number of shares [Roll Forward]
Exercised (in shares)	(14,600)	0
Stock option fair value assumptions [Abstract]
Stock based compensation expense	$ 1,547,826	$ 2,113,816
Stock Options [Member]
Number of shares [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)	5,645,202	3,484,833
Granted (in shares)	2,354,275	2,298,702
Exercised (in shares)	(230,600)	0
Expired and Cancelled (in shares)	(40,000)	(138,333)
Outstanding at end of period (in shares)	7,728,877	5,645,202
Exercisable at the end of the period (in shares)	7,582,022	5,317,003
Weighted average exercise price [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at the beginning of period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.10	$ 1.26
Granted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.80	$ 1.02
Exercised (in dollars per share)	$ 1.09	$ 0
Expired and Cancelled (in dollars per share)	$ 0.86	$ 3.69
Outstanding at end of period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.01	$ 1.10
Exercisable at end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.03	$ 1.13
Additional Disclosures [Abstract]
Aggregate intrinsic value	5,534,876
Weighted average remaining contractual term	3 years 7 months 6 days
Stock option fair value assumptions [Abstract]
Weighted average fair value per option granted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.38	$ 0.97
Risk free interest rate minimum (in hundredths)	0.34%	0.60%
Risk free interest rate maximum (in hundredths)	0.42%	0.90%
Expected dividend yield (in hundredths)	0.00%	0.00%
Expected lives	2 years 7 months 6 days
Expected volatility rate minimum (in hundredths)	98.00%	101.00%
Expected volatility rate maximum (in hundredths)	103.00%	245.00%
Shares available for issuance under the Plan (in shares)	10,271,123	14,073,132
Stock Options [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Stock option fair value assumptions [Abstract]
Expected lives		2 years 10 months 15 days
Stock Options [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Stock option fair value assumptions [Abstract]
Expected lives		5 years
Stock Options [Member] | Employees [Member]
Number of shares [Roll Forward]
Granted (in shares)		2,058,702
Stock option fair value assumptions [Abstract]
Stock based compensation expense	2,069,498
Stock Options [Member] | Advisory Committee [Member]
Number of shares [Roll Forward]
Granted (in shares)		240,000
Stock option fair value assumptions [Abstract]
Stock based compensation expense	$ 44,318
Options granted to each advisor (in shares)		30,000
Number of advisors		8
Percentage of options that vested at grant date (in hundredths)		33.333%
Award vesting percentage on first anniversary of grant date (in hundredths)		33.333%
Award vesting percentage on second anniversary of grant date (in hundredths)		33.333%