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In this paper, a strong scattering centers fusion (SSCF) technique is proposed to estimate translational motion parameters of a maneuvering target. Compared to past InISAR image registration methods, the SSCF technique is advantageous in its high computing efficiency, excellent antinoise performance, high registration precision, and simple system structure. With a one-input three-output terahertz InISAR system, translational motion parameters in both the azimuth and height direction are precisely estimated. Firstly, the motion measurement curves are extracted from the spatial spectrums of mutually independent strong scattering centers, which avoids the unfavorable influences of noise and the \u201cangle scintillation\u201d phenomenon. Then, the translational motion parameters are obtained by fitting the motion measurement curves with phase unwrapping and intensity-weighted fusion processing. Finally, ISAR images are registered precisely by compensating the estimated translational motion parameters, and high-quality InISAR imaging results are achieved. 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