void getPixelCounts() {
		// skipping the dimension designated by the contourType
		if (thePlane == null)
			return;
		int max = 1;
		for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
			if (i != contourType)
				max = Math.max(max, voxelCounts[i]);
		}
		pixelCounts[0] = pixelCounts[1] = max;
		// just use the maximum value -- this isn't too critical,
		// but we want to have enough, and there were
		// problems with hkl = 110

		// if (logMessages)
		Logger.info("getPixelCounts " + pixelCounts[0] + "," + pixelCounts[1]);
	}