The invention relates to a method and a system for magnetic induction tomography, the system comprising: at least one transmitting coil (312, 314) for generating a primary magnetic field to be applied to the object of interest (301); and at least one measurement coil arrangement (315, 317) for measuring electric signals induced by a secondary magnetic field which is generated by the object of interest in response to the primary magnetic field, wherein the at least one measurement coil arrangement comprises a plurality of measurement coils which are positioned in substantially the same plane. By using a plurality of independent measurement coils positioned in a plane so as to replace a conventional single measurement coil, the measurement coil across which the measured difference voltage is most sensitive to a change of the secondary magnetic field can be selected for calculating the change of conductivity distribution, resulting in an improved sensitivity of a MIT system.