A 3D echocardiography probe (20) (e.g., a 3D transesophageal echocardiography probe or a 3D intracardiac echocardiography probe) can be adapted into a 3D laparoscopic ultrasound probe (10a) for laparoscopic procedures. The 3D echocardiography probe includes a flexible shaft (22d, 22p) to which a laparoscopic adapter (30a) can be coupled. The laparoscopic adapter comprises a laparoscopic sleeve (31) configured to partially encircle a portion of the flexible shaft of the 3D echocardiography probe and a probe handle (33a) mountable to the laparoscopic sleeve (31).
