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Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights, Exercised

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Fair value of closing common stock price.

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Number of Recently Retired Members of the Board

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Per Share Price

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Share-based Goods and Nonemployee Services Transaction, Securities Issued Valuation Price Per Share

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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-Section S99
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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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The number of shares or units of entity securities issued in the transaction in which equity securities were issued to pay for goods or nonemployee services.

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Gross number of shares (or other type of equity) issued during the period as a result of any equity-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Shares issued could result from the issuance of restricted stock, the exercise of stock options, stock issued under employee stock purchase plans, and/or other employee benefit plans.

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Stock Options, Restricted Shares and Warrants (Narrative) (Details)			12 Months Ended
	Aug. 05, 2016 director shares	Jun. 07, 2016 shares	Mar. 31, 2017 $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2016 $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2015 $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reserved shares for issuance to key employees (shares) \| shares			1,750,000
Grant of shares to non-employees and consultants (shares) \| shares				2,500
Common stock closing price (usd per share)			$ 1.98
Value of shares issued to consultants (usd per share)				$ 2.00
Warrants exercised (shares) \| shares					38,980
Warrants exercised (usd per share)					$ 2.25
Common Stock \| Executive
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock issued and sold (in shares) \| shares		57,065
Common Stock \| Director
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock issued and sold (in shares) \| shares	63,381
Number of recently retired members of the board of directors (in director) \| director	3
Restricted shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted shares granted (shares) \| shares			1,132,392	795,805	410,496
Weighted average grant-date fair value (usd per share)			$ 1.43
Restricted shares \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Per share price on grant date (USD per share)			1.35	$ 1.34	$ 4.16
Weighted average grant-date fair value (usd per share)			1.35
Restricted shares \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Per share price on grant date (USD per share)			2.22	$ 2.62	$ 7.23
Weighted average grant-date fair value (usd per share)			$ 6.80
Non-Employee Director \| 2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant of shares to non-employees and consultants (shares) \| shares			53,501	35,290	27,931
Non-Employee Director \| Minimum \| 2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock closing price (usd per share)			$ 1.38	$ 1.2	$ 4.2
Non-Employee Director \| Maximum \| 2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock closing price (usd per share)			$ 1.85	$ 2.62	$ 5.23