Magneto‐acoustic (MA) tomography combines near‐field RF and ultrasound for the goal of a safe, high‐resolution, high‐contrast bimodal imaging technique. Coherency between RF excitation and the resulting ultrasound generation through Lorentz force interactions is established. This allows for continuous‐wave (CW) imaging techniques to replace conventional pulsed‐based approaches, easing system design and improving signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) while reducing the peak‐to‐average excitation power ratio, for the same averaging time, sensitivity and gain. This is the first successful demonstration of MA detection using step frequency CW (SFCW) as well as frequency‐modulated CW (FMCW) approaches with up to 36 dB SNR improvement.